Australian Crake / Porzana fluminea
WBN 
Australian Crake
SCI Name:
Protonym: Porzana fluminea Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1842) (1842), Pt10 no.117 p.139
Taxonomy: Gruiformes / Rallidae / Porzana
Taxonomy Code: auscra1
Type Locality: New South Wales.
Author: Gould
Publish Year: 1843
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PORZANA
(Rallidae; Ϯ Spotted Crake P. porzana) Specific name Rallus porzana Linnaeus, 1766; "241. PORZANE, Porzana. Rallus, Fulica, Lin. Gm. Gallinula, Lath. Bec plus court que la tête, épais à la base, droit, atténué et comprimé vers le bout, pointu; mandibule supérieure couvrant un peu les bords de l'inférieure. — Doigts totalement libres. Esp. Marouette, Buff." (Vieillot 1816);"Porzana Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, p. 61. Type, by monotypy and tautonymy, Marouette of Buffon = Rallus porzana Linné." (Peters 1934, II, 182).
Synon. Galeolimnas, Mustelirallus.
porzana
Local Venetian names Porzana, Sforzana and Sporzana for the smaller crakes; ex “Gallinula ochra” of Gessner 1555, Willughby 1676, and Ray 1713, “Porzana minor” of Aldrovandus 1599, and “Rallus aquaticus minor” or “Maruetta” of Brisson 1760 (Porzana).
fluminea
L. flumineus riverine < flumen, fluminis river < fluere to flow.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
